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sigzero (5768)

sigzero (email not shown publicly)I am the proverbial "accidental" programmer. I have found that I really like Perl and programming so I am pursuing that route now.
I am the Debian systems administrator and junior Perl programmer for a company called Inspire.

No Perl 5.10 FreeBSD port...kinda sucks.

I use NearlyFreeSpeech to host some sites. I saw that they ran Python side by side using two versions. So I asked the question about running 5.10 along with 5.8.8 and was told FBSD doesn't have it as an official port.

A short talk with a Java developer

I will start this off by saying I like and respect this person as a Java developer.

[me] $coworker is having problems with the CLASSPATH on the command line.[dev] I don't know how to do that either.[me] Really?[dev] eclipse takes care of that for me and I haven't had to do that in years.[me] Mmmm...uh...okay.

This is my blog (the bloggers creed)

This is my blog. There are many like it, but this one is mine. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my blog is useless. Without my blog, I am useless. My blog is human, even as I am human, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses and its strengths. I will keep my blog clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other.

A big decision

Well, I interviewed with a Perl company in the DC area. They do mod_perl stuff and are pretty much a Perl only shop. It is a great opportunity to jump deeply in the Perl side. They use Perl and Debian plus some XEN stuff. I like the people I met, the company mission, the $$$ package (includes stock options). I just have to think about "the drive" to and from work. Oh and that would only be 3 days a week. I get to telecommute Tues and Thurs which works great for the family Tae Kwon Do work outs.